The Church and Minimalist Catholic Zionism?
2019 ◽
pp. 105-143
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Chapter 4 examines the Holy See’s changing attitudes towards the Jewish State of Israel since 1948. Early views were based on theological supersessionism balanced by pragmatic and political concerns. This view slowly changed during the pontificate of John Paul II and the argument presented is that the logic of the Catholic Church’s theology requires it to affirm minimalist Catholic Zionism. This is defined in terms of recognizing God’s action in the ingathering of the Jewish people, the demands made upon the Jewish people regarding the land, and the centrality of the Palestinian claims regarding justice. The Catholic Church has disregarded this telos in its theology mainly due to pragmatic and political factors.